Technology Course of Study

Fourth Grade

Technology Operations and Concepts

1. Use accurate terminology related to technology.
l Use appropriate terminology related to technology.
TekMom's Terminology Definitions

2. Demonstrate correct keyboarding techniques.
l Demonstrate proper posture, hand placement, and finger placement to use a technology device.
l Know where the alphabet and number keys are located.
l Use the right and left click on a mouse.
l Use special keys such as enter, backspace, tab, etc
l Demonstrate correct keyboarding techniques when word processing.
TUX Typing - Free Keyboarding Software - This is a download.
Dance Mat Typing

3. Understand appropriate use and care of storage media.
l Understand how to insert/connect and remove storage media safely such as digital cameras, flash drives, etc.

4. Demonstrate appropriate use and care of storage media (CDs, flash drives, external hard drives, digital cameras, etc.
l Demonstrate safe removal of various storage media.

5. Identify various operating systems of technology devices.
l Identify which operating system a computer/device is running.

6. Use various technology applications, including word processing and multimedia software.
l Select the appropriate icons to select the desired application program and use the appropriate features from the toolbar and/or drop-down menu.
l Learn basic skills for using local, network, and/or online multimedia software.
l Use various technology applications such as word processing and multimedia software.
ALEX - 3 Web Links and 190 Lesson Plans

7. Determine basic trouble shooting strategies to correct hardware and software problems.
l Determine the necessary strategies to correct basic hardware problems.
l Determine the necessary strategies to correct software problems.
ALEX - 2 Web Links and 5 Lesson Plans


Digital Citizenship

8. Define and understand the effects of computer/electronic device contaminants such as “viruses”, “malware”, “adware”, “crimeware”, and “spyware”.
l Identify whether the pop-up blocker is on or off.
l Define computer virus and other containments.
l List common ways computers get viruses and other contaminants.
ALEX- 7 Web Links and 91 Lesson Plans
BrainPop Digital Citizenship Videos

9. Identify safe and responsible ways to use technology systems, the Internet including but not limited to social/professional networking, communications tools, and applications.
l Recognize dangers of online predators.
l Understand and explain how to avoid and report online predators
l Understand the meaning of cyber-bullying, the consequences, and ways to avoid it.
l Understand the meaning of legal versus ethical, as it pertains to digital content and use of technologies.
ALEX- 7 Web Links and 91 Lesson Plans

10. Practice responsible, ethical, and legal use of technology systems, the Internet, communication tools, and applications.
l Keep passwords private.
l Recognize/avoid cyber-bullying tactics.
ALEX- 7 Web Links and 91 Lesson Plans
Cyberethics for Kids

11. Follow local acceptable use policies regarding technology.
l Follow local acceptable use policies regarding technology.
ALEX- 7 Web Links and 91 Lesson Plans

12. Distinguish between ethical and unethical uses of others’ work (do not copy or manipulate other people’s work).
l Determine if content is plagiarized.
l Determine if content is copyrighted or under a “creative commons”.
l Understand possible consequences of plagiarism.
l Explain the importance of citing text and digital content.
ALEX- 7 Web Links and 91 Lesson Plans

13. Describe the global nature of the Internet.
l Understand that the Internet is a world-wide community.
ALEX- 7 Web Links and 91 Lesson Plans


Research and Information Fluency

14. Use digital tools and strategies to locate, collect, organize, visualize, interpret, evaluate, synthesize and/or present or display information or ideas.
l Retrieve information from digital sources.
l Use a variety of digital sources when collecting information such as online libraries, multimedia dictionaries, web searches, etc. (AVL)
l Use technology tools such as file management, flash drives, and network drives to collect and organize information.
l Use technology tools, such as graphic organizers to collect and organize information.
ALEX - 11 Web Links and 284 Lesson Plans

15. Evaluate electronic resources for reliability based on publication date, bias, accuracy, and sources credibility.
l Evaluate electronic resources for reliability based on a publication date.
l Evaluate electronic resources based on bias.
l Evaluate electronic resources based on accuracy.
l Evaluate electronic resources based on the sources credibility.
Websites to Validate from November Learning
How to Read a Web Address from November Learning
Find the Publisher of a Web Address from November Learning
What is the History of a Website from November Learning
Check the external Links from November Learning


Communication and Collaboration

16. Use digital environments to collaborate and communicate.
l Participate in a digital environment to collaborate and communicate globally.

17. Produce digital work collaboratively.
l Produce digital work collaboratively such as shared writing projects, group multimedia projects, etc.


Creativity and Innovation

18. Create a product using digital tools.
l Create a product using digital tools such as digital stories, podcast, digital artwork, etc.